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From presidents Carter, George H.W. Bush, Clinton, and George W. Bush.

President Eisenhower with Winston Churchill

June 25, 1954

Source: National Archives

On June 25, 1954, President Dwight Eisenhower, second from right, met with, from left, Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill, and British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden at the White House. Eisenhower and Churchill both shared the experience of being wartime leaders and maintained a healthy diplomatic relationship.